The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Anand Thakur
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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You drown him by your talk.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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